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Thursday, 14 May 2015

Pitch Perfect 2 Review

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Pitch Perfect 2
Review – The movie which made me fall in love with Anna Kendrick so naturally I
was looking forward for more of The Barden Bella in this sequel!

Re-bonding time!

The Barden Bellas soaring high confidence after winning National A
cappella competition (3 years in a row) comes crushing down
after a blunder in front of the country’s President. The ‘wardrobe malfunction’ cost them to be banned from domestic competition. They only able to
redeem themselves if they win the World Championships, to be held in
Copenhagen. This has never been achieved by an American team before because to
quote Gail, the commentator (Elizabeth
Banks who triples her role as an extra, Producer and Director in this movie)
“The whole world hates us”! Their biggest rivalry
comes in the form of robotically-perfect German group called Das Sound Machine.
With most of the members in their final year, the girls are bent to restore
their glory days before they leave. Meanwhile newbie Emily (Hailee Steinfeld) enters
as a ‘Legacy’ Bella – her mother (Katy Sagal) once sang for the troupe to
provide breath of fresh air. Becca (Anna Kendrick) is preparing for life after a
Capella by Becca-ming an intern in a
record label company trying to establish herself as a music producer. With the
competition looming closer and the troupe becoming more and more unsynchronized
can they rediscover their harmony and sound in time?

Witty duo!

Look out for team Canada!!!

The star of the first movie was the
surprise package called Rebel Wilson as Fat Amy when she blew everybody’s mind with her
amazing singing voice. Add overreacting expressions and
gestures she instantly became a household name. In this sequel despite the
early on blunder she slowly works her way back into our hearts again. Anna in
the meantime also provides her charm here and there. I had a good laugh every time
she stutters in a nerdy way when coming face to face with Das Sound Machine.
The rest of the Bella have their short spotlight moment during their
performance. As usual the face off, this time ‘National
A Cappella Laser Ninja Dragon League’ highlights some of the other a cappella
groups ability to belt out their best rip offs. The finals of the World
Championship bring out the best of a country representative (Look out for
Pentatonix!). If you like a lot of music in your movie, well this is it!

Facing up to Das Sound Machine!

Personally I
still think Pitch Perfect was much better than this follow-up. The laughs,
songs, battles are still there but something seemed to be missing. With the graduation
of the seniors, whether the “pitches” will be
“aca-awesomess” in the upcoming “Pitch Perfect 3“,
I look forward to improvements for the threequel.